March 29, 2007

Minnesota Man Killed in Iraq

Former Minnesota man Spc. Sean K. Mcdonald, 21, died Sunday after a bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad.

Although he only lived in Rosemount for a couple years, his sister Jessica said he planned to return here after his duty was finished next year.

McDonald is the 55th person with connections to Minnesota that has died due to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I found it to be very interesting that the Pioneer Press was not able get in contact with the family for information and kept thier story strictly to the facts - http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_5543700 - when the Star Tribune did a very lengthy story after talking with the sister of the victim. One paper must have been more persistant! http://www.startribune.com/722/story/1087771.html

March 20, 2007

Minnesota Teen Shot In Florida Hotel

By Natalie Bervig

18-year-old Lance D. Ulland, of Austin, Minn., was shot and killed early Sunday morning in his hotel room in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Police say that Ulland had been visiting Daytona Beach over spring break with his mother as they were looking into moving there. Two of Ulland's cousins were staying at the Economy Inn and invited him to stay.

The three of them, along with another man and woman were in there room drinking when they heard a knock at their door, police said. When Ulland opened the door, he was shot and killed.

The suspect, Matthew A. Castro, 27, of Jacksonville, Fla., told police that Ulland had been involved in a drug deal gone wrong.

March 6, 2007

Warning: Sleeping on Planes May Be Dangerous

MINNEAPOLIS - A flight from Seattle to Minneapolis turned ugly for a female passenger Monday night.

Smauel Oscar Gonzalez is charged with simple assalt after allegedly touching a femal passenger while she was asleep and ejaculating on her.

The criminal complaint says that the woman felt Gonzalez touching her and moving her shirt upwards and then he got up and moved to another seat. The complaint also states that when she went to fix her shirt she found semen and immediately notified a flight attendant.

Gonzalez is an employee of Northwest Airlines and works in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's fleet services division.

Gonzalez appeared in court on Monday night and is being held in the Sherburne County Jail.

The two papers covered the story in a very similar way. I did feel like the pioneer press, http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/16840595.htm, went into a bit more detail. The Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com/467/story/1034178.html, also added something that the Pioneer press did not. This was the risk of a sexually transmitted disease being passed on to the victim.

March 5, 2007

Werewolf Under the Full Moon

FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Robert Marsh, a 39-year-old male, told police he was a werewolf that was capable of changing shapes after breaking into a woman's apartment Thursday.

Marsh, a former inmate, was staying at the apartment, but forced his way in around 3 a.m. Thursday the woman said.

The complaint says that Marsh had been drinking heavily, and was in possesion of marijauna.

Marsh is scheduled to appear in cout on March 14. Bail is set at $5,000.

Both the Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1033096.html, and the Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com:80/mld/twincities/16839167.htm, used the Associated Press version of the story. MyFox Wisonsin also used the AP story. http://www.myfoxmilwaukee.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2575029&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1